r ^ CL ARATION FOR PATENT APPL T \TION
As the below named inventor, I hereby declare that:
Attorney Docket No: 60705-1350
Our residences, post office addresses and citizenships are as stated below next to our names.
We believe we are the original, first, and joint inventor of the subject matter which is claimed and for
which a patent is sought on the invention entitled System and Method for Implementing a Delta-Sigma
Modulator Integrity Su p ervisor, the specification of which:
is attached hereto.
was filed on as Application Serial No. .
was filed on under U.S. Express Mail No. .
is set forth in PCT International Application No. ;
filed on and as amended Under PCT Article 19 on (if any).
I/we hereby state that I/we have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-identified
specification, including the claims, as amended by any amendment referred to above.
I/we acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to the examination of this
application in accordance with Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, §1.56.
I/we hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code, §1 19 of any United States
provisional patent application, foreign application(s) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have
also identified below any United States provisional patent application, foreign application for patent or
inventor's certificate having a filing date before that of the above-identified application on which priority is
claimed: U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.: 60/149,170; Filed: August 16, 1999.
I/we hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code, §120 of any United States patent
application(s) listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not
disclosed in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of Title 35,
United States Code, §112, I/we acknowledge the duty to disclose material information as defined in Title 37,
Code of Federal Regulations, §1.56 which occurred between the filing date of the prior application and the
national or PCT international filing date of this application: NOT APPLICABLE.
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business in the Patent and Trademark Office connected therewith: George M. Thomas, Reg. No. 22,260;
James W. Kayden, Reg. No. 31,532; Scott A. Horstemeyer, Reg. No. 34,183; Stephen R. Risley, Reg. No.
35,659; Jeffrey R. Kuester, Reg. No. 34,367; Daniel J. Santos, Reg. No. 40,158; Michael J. Tempel,
Reg. No. 41344; Daniel R. McCIure, Reg. No. 38,962; Robert E. Stachler II, Reg. No. 36,934; David P.
Kelley, Reg. No. 17,420; Reg. No. 41,344; David R. Risley, Reg. No. 39,345; Jon E. Holland, Reg. No.
41,077; Dan R. Gresham, Reg. No 41,805; J. Scott Culpepper, Reg. No. 41,692; M. Paul Qualey, Reg.
No 43,024; Robert P. Biddle, Reg. No. 35,826; Robert A. Blaha, Reg. No. 43,502; Jennifer M. Gruber,
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Andrew Crain, Reg. No. 45,442; Monica A. Hyson, Reg. No. P46,790; Sami O. Malas, Reg. No. 44,893;
Marianne H. Parker, Reg. No. 46,169; Eric M. Ringer, Reg. No. P47,028
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Fdl Name otFirsi or Sok Inventor Christian Ek* ^,
Po« Office Address:. 14661 F»nkl"n XvJ^,. Ca
Citizenship: Frentft
Inventor's Signaiure:
Full Name of Second Inventor Frode Larsea
Residence: Mft^i^ ^Em^
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Post Office Address:
Falls. NJ0772J
Citizenship: Norway
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. Date:
Full Name of Ttird Inventor: Arnold ^Turajj
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FuJI Name of Second Inventor Erode Laraea
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